ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Paine implicitly compares King George to “a thief” who breaks into a house to kill “me, or those who are in it.” He also likens an offensive war to “murder.” What is his primary purpose in using such strong language?

Detailed explanation-2: -’Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. My own line of reasoning is to myself as strait and clear as a ray of light.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph, ” said Paine in The American Crisis, a new pamphlet that appeared in the Pennsylvania Journal.

Detailed explanation-4: -Paine uses an analogy that connects the King of Britain with a common housebreaker (burglar or thief).

Detailed explanation-5: -With what does Paine compare America’s war against the British? fight for their own freedom instead of relying on God’s will.